Self Defense Tip: Be Careful Where You Read TTAG

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By Accur81 Ever get a case of the Mondays? This last Monday afternoon, I was patrolling the highways and freeways of beautiful southern California. It was near the end of my shift, and I was...

ATF: Average “Time to Crime” for “Crime Guns” is 11.2 Years

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  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (and Really Big Fires) has just released their 2012 statistics on "crime guns." Click here to view the "firearms trace data." Note the difference between the...

FNS-9 Contest Entry – Police Interface Advice

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By John G. So you’re carrying and you see an officer approaching, what do you do if he stops you? Prepare yourself for that chance encounter by understanding the laws. I wanted to write this because...

OMG! Fireworks! And So Close to Independence Day! OMG!

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"Dane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a complaint of a man with a gun in the area of 4800 Scherbel Road at about 3:20 p.m. Deputies said 32-year-old James Weightman had what appeared to be...

Self-Defense Tip: Beware of the Freeze Response

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Gun gurus talk about the "fight or flight" response. They warn students that they will experience one or both of these adrenalin-fired reactions to extreme stress/danger. No matter which way an individual reacts---and they...

Sioux Falls PD Falls Out of Love with .40 Cal

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"Over the next year, the police department in South Dakota's largest city will be going from .40-caliber Glocks to 9 mm pistols," ksfy.com reports. " Chief Doug Barthel said the pistols have better accuracy and...

‘Shroom-Tripping Man Grabs Cop’s Gun, Fires Shot

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2CztmYk5-k We've all heard tales of superhuman strength exhibited by those those soaring on PCP, but psilocybin? Huh. At least Jared Steven Leone knew he needed some help, right? Which is why he strolled into...

Self-Defense Tip: Three Ways Not to Get Shot by the Police

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  "Roy Middleton, a 60-year-old resident of Warrington, Fla. . . claims that he was searching the car for a loose cigarette when he heard someone say, 'Get your hands where I can see them,'" pnj.com reports....

Passively Constructed Negligent Discharge Story of the Day: How’s That Whole School Resource Officer...

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"A gun belonging to a York County Sheriff’s Office deputy accidentally discharged Monday morning outside York High School," charlotteobserver.com reports. "The gun discharged into a sidewalk at the school, on S.C. 5 a short distance...

Lodi, CA SWAT ND Down to “Holster Issues.” Or Not.

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"A Lodi Police SWAT officer had a Glock 35 with a flashlight in his thigh holster at a children’s reading event when a boy managed to pull the trigger and shoot the officer,"...

State Trooper Draws Gun On Undercover Cops [NSFW]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vx4vGNytSc A New Jersey State Trooper pulls a gun on undercover cops. The party gets started at 6:38. The tape shows the cops carpet bombing each other with f-bombs. "You don't know what goes on...

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Reid Interrogation Technique

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Second Call Defense writes: West Chester, OH - -(Ammoland.com)- If you’ve ever been involved in a traffic accident with another driver, you know that responding police have one primary task: to assign blame. One way or another,...